social media

Inspired, no doubt, by the Australian promo where one lucky soul is paid to spend a year living on an island paradise and using social media to tell the world about his experience, the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau has come up with a very similar idea. One lucky…

Remember that viral video where your name was put into video so it looked like Disney World was dedicating a day in your honor? Did you enjoy all the online videos and media coverage leading up to the American Idol Experience Opening? Has the Disney World Mom’s Panel helped you…

Big happenings at the Disney World Moms Panel today. The next crew of family travel experts have been given the keys to the question and answer site. They’ve already started answering questions too. Head on over and read the new bios. Then on the video page you can meet each…

I’ve been thinking a lot about Vision lately. That’s Capital ‘V’ vision, btw. Vision for The Disney Blog, the vision for the Walt Disney Company and specifically the theme park division, and vision to get us out of this economic mess that the world has found itself in. I’m hopeful…

If you’re one of the millions of users who get their news from Facebook, you’ll be happy to know that Disney/Pixar has set up their first Fan Page. Content from ‘UP’, the next film from Pixar, is featured right now. Signup as a fan and leave a message for your…

Sad to hear that DisFriends.com, a Disney Fan centric Social Network, is closing. It just got to be too much work with not enough reward for the webmaster. Too bad. He had a great vision and in less than a year built a wonderful community. Of course, this leaves to…

Disneyland now has a fairly regular video podcast. The topic this week is Tips and Treasures at the Disneyland Resort: Guests and Cast Members were asked to tell us their favorite tips for visiting the Disneyland Resort. Their tips range from fashion advice to freebies. Where will you find your…

Disney Parks is essentially the global marketing arm for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. They’ve slowly been exploring this thing called Web 2.0, or alternatively Social Media. That Disney Mom’s club, that’s them. Now they’ve just launched two new products a YouTube channel and @wdwnews on twitter. @wdwnews is essentially…